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- Whether you are just getting started with personal 3D printing or already have a little experience, Practical 3D Printers explains everything you need to know to calibrate and customize your printer, and find, design, and create amazing objects from digital 3D models.
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Practical 3D Printers takes you beyond how to build a 3D printer, to calibrating, customizing, and creating amazing models, including 3D printed text, a warship model, a robot platform, windup toys, and arcade-inspired alien invaders. You'll learn about the different types of personal 3D printers and how they work; from the MakerBot to the RepRap printers like the Huxley and Mendel, as well as the whiteAnt CNC featured in the Apress book Printing in Plastic.
You'll discover how easy it is to find and design 3D models using web-based 3D modeling, and even how to create a 3D model from a 2D image. After learning the basics, this book will walk you through building multi-part models with a steampunk warship project, working with meshes to build your own action heroes, and creating an autonomous robot chassis. Finally, you'll find even more bonus projects to build, including wind-up walkers, faceted vases for the home, and a handful of useful upgrades to modify and improve your 3D printer.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Practical 3D Printers
Book Subtitle: The Science and Art of 3D Printing
Authors: Brian Evans
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-4393-9
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: Brian Evans 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4302-4392-2Published: 28 August 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-4393-9Published: 25 September 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 332
Topics: Hardware and Maker, Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics